Search Results: Authors starting with L from Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)

Boston and NewYork. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1924. Hardcover. 8vo, 22.5cm, 134p., limited to 775numbered copies, this being #341, colour frontis (flies), in the originalquarter roan backed marbled boards, gilt spine title, spine cap heavilyrubbed & chipped effecting title, some wear on the edges of the boards,blind stamp on title page (The Times Book Club), (internally clean andfine) a good reading copy Scarce. Wetzel p172. A well-respected Americanfisherman writes one of the earliest treatises on the application of thedry-fly fishing method for trout to the fishing for salmon. Chapter Onedeals with fishing for salmon, with Colonel Ambrose Monell, on theUpsalquitch River in New Brunswick.

London. The Hakluyt Society. 2000. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 24.5cm, xv,139p., colour frontis portrait, illustration, 7 maps, index, bibliography, blue cloth, a fine copy in fine jacket. (Tr).

Ottawa. Sessional Papers No.18. 1906. Hardcover. 8vo. 172p., folding frontis map, index, bound in half blackfabrikoid, marbled boards, titles stamped in silver, produced on fragilepaper nonetheless his copy is in fine condition. (Qc) T.P.L. 226. Anexcerpt from the Public Archives Report for 1906, printed from a ms. "inthe Archives in Paris". Beginning Feb 5, 1752, La Roque, a King'ssurveyor, on instructions from the Governor, Comte de Raymond, made "ageneral census of the settlers on the island, name by name, . thenumbers of [acres] each has of improved land, the number of their cattle,etc. etc. He was instructed also to examine . the most precipitousplace in the island; those where troops could be most easily landed; howmany ships each harbour could accommodate. (TPL). le-Royale was aFrench colony in North America that existed from 1713 to 1763, consistingof two islands, le Royale and le Saint-Jean. Its territory is known nowas Cape Breton Island and Prince Edward Island.

Chicago. The Caxton Club. 1901. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, 23.5cm, the First English Edition, [1],299p., the first edition, limited to 224 copies, title page printed in red and black, original quarter vellum backed grey paper over boards, gilt spine titles, a fine unopened copy, rare (cgc) ~ Howes L-110. (Not in Lande, T.P.L., nor Gagnon). First published, in French, in Margry's Discouvertes, in six volumes. from an anonymous manuscript. This, the first separate edition, gives both French and English texts. It was the official account sent to the Ministry of the Marine; if not by La Salle himself, it was probably inspired by him. Hennepin's plagiarisms from it in his 1797 Novelle decouverte, indicate that he had access to the manuscript. (Howes).

Montreal. For Sale By All The Booksellers. {ie, published by the author. 1901. 8vo, 22cm, 179,x200,66p., in one volume, many plates, illustrations and maps, text in French & English, in the original black stamped and decorated red cloth, Fraser Institute Library bookplate and stamp, some wear at the top and bottom of the spine, a very good copy. (cmt). Hackett. p51. A patriotic tribute published in English and French consisting of stories, letters and biographical note of Canadians involved in the war. With lists of corps embarked for South Africa, reinforcements and a list of casualties.

Paris. C.L.F. Panckoucke., 1814, 1814. Hardcover. 8vo, 20cm, 3rd edition, viii,444p., with 2 engraved folding maps, full tree calf, gilt panel decorated borders and center panel decorations, crushed crimson morocco label gilt, blind ruled borders on the boards, marbled endpapers, different marbling on the edges, some slight wear on the edges, a fine copy complete with half title in attractive contemporary binding (n12.1).

Edmonton. Sisters of Providence. 1978. Soft cover. 23cm, ix,135p., maps, illustrations from photographs, printed wraps, very good (cnds).

Ottawa. Queen's Printer. 1958. Soft cover. tall8vo, 25cm, 7th edition, 71p., tables, printed stiff card wraps, fine (cnds).

London. John Murray. 1836. 8vo. 23cm, first edition, xxviii,331,[13]p., ads., with folding map and 63 engraved plates and text illustrations, title page vignette (portrait of the author in Arabian dress), in the original cloth, rebacked, gilt titles, some light foxing, previous owners bookplates, a very good copy. (Tr).

[London. Longman's, Hurst, Rees, & Orme. 1809.]. 8vo. 21cm, first English edition, being 27 engraved topographical maps (8 double-page), 2 geological engraved plates, original quarter leather marbled boards, spine chipped & lacking title, boards detached, board & spine heavily rubbed & worn, institutional library bookplate, several small faint blind stamps, the plates and maps are in are very good condition, Rare (tr). ~ The Atlas to accompany Alexander de Laborde's 5 volume "View of Spain", 1809. (The English translation of "Itineraire descriptif de l'Espagne", 1808). French antiquary, politician & writer, Alexandre de Laborde (1773-1842) served as administrator in both the Napoleonic and post Napoleonic periods. The maps are topographic and very detailed. In the early 1800's, Laborde had served in the French embassy in Spain. Double-page maps include: the mountains of Spain; the Kingdom of Spain; the environs of Madrid; Andalusia; roads of part of Andalusia; roads of part of Entremadura; roads of… Read More

Ottawa. Queen's Printer. 1958. Soft cover. 8vo, 22.5cm, 80p., tables, stiff printed wraps, fine. (N17).

Amsterdam. Chez Gerard Kuyper. 1707. 16mo. 16.5cm, [xii],184,437,[iii]pp., catalogue des livres, engraved frontis & title vignette, rubricated title page, 12 folding plates, text illus., diagrams, in contemporary full pollished calf, real raised bands, morocco spine label, some slight wear on the edges, top and bottom spine edges worn, a very good to fine sound copy (scn). ~ With papers on astronomy by Cassini and De La Hire including observations of the eclipse and comets; anatomical observations made on the ovaries of cows and sheep (with five engraved plates) by Verney; mathematical tables and geometry; and an extended series on musical sound by Sauver "Des Intervelles des Sons, & son Application a tous les Systems & a tous les instrumens de Musique" (with 3 large folding plates).

Paris. Rapet et Cie. 1818. 20cm, first edition, 112p., in contemporary full tree calf, full gilt decorations in the panels, crushed crimson morocco label, small worming patch on the bottom board, wear in the upper over side of the hinge, but sound, a very good plus copy (scn.ds).

Paris. Rapet. 1818-1819. 8vo., 20cm, Eleven (of twelve) volumes, wanting Vol. 6. With numerous (c.250) engraved plate illustrations including frontis portrait, bound in contemporary full tree calf, full gilt decorated panels, double black and tan leather labels, wear on the edges, a few spine edges chipped, a very good internally fine and clean sound set. ~ Lacepede (1756-1825), invited by Buffon to work on continuation of "Histoire Naturelle..." published "Histoire Naturelle des Quadrupedes Ovipares" first in 1789, which appeared after Buffon death. ~ Over six thousand pages of text, plus indexes.

Ottawa. National Museum of Man Mercury Series. 1979. Soft cover. 28cm, vi,142p., notes, references, photographs, stiff printed wraps, a finecopy (ds7).

Los Angeles. Press of Phillips Printing Co. 1929, 1929. 12mo, 19cm, 132p., frontis, 6 colour plates, 15 photographic plates, illustrated endpapers, original brown limp fabrikoid, titles stamped in dark brown are still readable, very good to fine copy Wetzel p172. Sheets p125. California fishing stories by the sometime President of the Los Angeles Fly and Bait Casting Club. With colour plates of flies from the catalogue of William Mills and Sons, New York. Includes a comprehensive list of 600 trout fly patterns with identification by colour and the material to be used.

Paris. Librairie de Firmin Didot. 1873. Hardcover. thick4to. 28cm, v,571p., with 14 chromolitho plates including the frontis & 409 woodcut text figures and illustrations, index, quarter red morocco backed pebbled red cloth boards, elaborate gilt titles & decoration and borders on the spine and boards, gold decorated endpapers, a.e.g., some scattered foxing, some slight wear on the edges, (ds1). ~ A very attractively bound military and religious history of Europe by noted French bibliographer and author, Paul Lacroix (1807 84) known as "le bibliophile Jacob". The vivid chromolithos are by F. Kellerhoven, Regamey and L. Allard. Extensive woodcut illustrations by Jules Huyot, noted as the illustrator of the books of Dumas.

Montreal. Printed by John Lovell. Soft cover. 1867. 21cm, 32p., in the original wraps, framed title page repeated on the upper cover, chipped, otherwise very good to fine copy of this fragile pamphlet, rare T.P.L. 4601. Casey I-3404. Argues for Confederation: "the annexationists of former days, are now afraid of a simple confederation of internal powers; the war against an elementary idea, against the very alphabet of political development. We have hailed with joy the measure of the confederation of the provinces." Lande. Confederation Pamphlets, p46. French edition. (ph.N12).

London. Whittaker & Co. 1842. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 22cm, The First Edition, xxvii,548p., engraved half-titlepage, 3 engraved plates, 31 engraved text illustrations, appendix,rebound in half tan calf, gilt panel rules & gilt titles, marbledboards and endpapers, a few occasional damp stops in the margins,lacking frontispiece, very good A scarce early British fieldsports manual that, although popular, only went through onecontemporary edition. Heavily leaning to guns, gun-making,ammunition and gun-makers. Chapters on shooting grouse, pheasant,partridge, woodcock, snipe, deer, hare, rabbit, pigeon, rook, ducks, swans, wild-fowl. Much on hunting dogs and breeding. Withunusual sections on stanchion guns and shooting from canoes andgun-boats particularly in Tees Bay, Durham. Illustrated byEbenezer Landells (1808-1860) in the style of Bewick, his mentor.

London. Yale University Press. 1969. 4to, 28cm, firstprinting, vii,567p., with 2 vignette title-pages, (one in English, onein Russian), plus facsimile title-pages for each of the 161 entries,original full orange/red book linen, blind decoration on the upper cover,internal private library stamp on the edges and endpapers else near fine.(Ads).